congruence
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Middle English, from Latin congruentia (“agreement”), from congruēns, present active participle of congruō (“meet together, agree”).
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congruence (plural congruences)
- The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.
- (mathematics, number theory) a relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number
- (mathematics, geometry) being isometric — roughly, the same size and shape
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number theory, relation indicating two numbers give the same remainder when divided by some number
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geometry, being roughly the same size and shape
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- Bulgarian: съгласуване n., съответствие n.
- Danish: kongruens (da) c.
- Swedish: kongruens (sv) c.
- Polish: stosowność (pl) c.
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin congruentia (“agreement”), from congruēns, present active participle of congruō (“meet together, agree”).
[edit] Noun
congruence f. (plural congruences)
